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Welty Energy & Infrastructure (WE & I) is looking to add a Project Development Project Manager to our Program Support team! 
Who is Welty Energy & Infrastructure (WE & I)?
WE & I, an affiliate of Welty Enterprises, is a professional services company specializing in program and project management, transmission line engineering, substation engineering and construction oversight on transmission, substation and distribution projects ranging in voltages from 4kV to 765kV.

Headquartered in Akron, OH, and working nationally, WE & I currently manages approximately $500 million in construction projects for electric utilities in the Midwest and Northeast regions of the U.S.

As a Project Development PM, you will be responsible to own, manage, monitor, and control electric distribution, substation and/or transmission projects on behalf of the utility through the Project Development phase, in a timely manner, to ensure projects safely achieve project scope outlined by Sponsors.  In addition, you are expected to update and maintain schedule and costs of a project as outlined by Portfolio Management and cost change control procedures. 

While remote this position is to be based in Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia or Pennsylvania, due to 10-20% travel to client site. 

As a Project Development Project Manager, You May:

• Review and analyze technical project documents and available information to develop a strategic project schedule, forecast and scope to meet desired outcomes for projects requested by Project Sponsors.
• Evaluating the project scope with internal & external support teams to document and mitigate the risks associated with the project scope, schedule, and budget to promote advancement of the Project to execution within a timely manner.
• Developing, with input from Sponsors and Stakeholders, the project execution plan, and key deliverables for the project.
• Provide projected contractor resource levels and project durations for project schedules.
• Reviewing Project estimates from supporting team members for adequacy and completeness.
• Initiating and ensuring project costs are maintained within Leadership approval levels and seek capital expenditure authorizations when required.
• Ensuring change management protocols are followed to maintain complete documentation of changes in scope, schedule and forecast until a project advances into later Project Phases.
• Providing project status updates for reports and support the organization of emergent requests and needs.
• Ensuring adequacy of Project Team membership and participation. Responsible for acquiring project update information and informing project team members of overall project goals, priorities and decisions.
• Coordinating project schedules to request system outages for the project with operations and submit outage requests per PJM/Internal timelines.
• Supporting the Portfolio Management Team on the development of a multiyear portfolio through ensuring accurate project schedules and forecasts.
• Communicating Project status to the Project Sponsor (Region and/or Corporate Teams) and other Stakeholders.
• Supporting Project challenge meetings, peer reviews and assessments when performed.
• Ensuring the Continuous Improvement in the Project Development team.   Self-performing lessons learned audits of completed projects to evaluate gaps in tools or project techniques. Lessons learned will be led and communicated through the Project Development Project Manager.

What We Require:

• Bachelor degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, Construction Management or related.  
• Minimum of 5 years project management experience required.  
• In lieu of degree, consideration will be given to applicants having 7+ years related experience or 5+ years transmission or distribution utility experience.
• Related experience includes project organization, engineering, finance, construction, project management, planning or project controls.
• Strong project management abilities with exceptional time management skills are required. 
• Excellent interpersonal skills, strong written and verbal communication skills along with strong analytical ability are required.
• Experience with a project management tool such as Primavera, MS Project, etc. with related Scheduling / Resource Planning expertise is a plus
• Detailed Project Controls experience is a plus
• Understanding of construction timing and construction documentation

See our Culture video here to learn more about what makes Welty Energy & Infrastructure such a great place to work for! 

Important Notice to US Applicants:
Welty Energy & Infrastructure, an affiliate of Welty Building Company, LLC., is an at-will employer.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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